Murder–Bodily Injury–Intention–Factors to be proved, enumerated. Murder–Single blow–Infliction of a single injury by itself is not a relevant factor to hold that the assailant had no intention to cause murder of the deceased.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3787 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Criminal Appeal No. 1276…
First Information Report—Police Officers had a duty to register the first information report once the allegations disclosed commission of a cognizable offence–But, in an appropriate case, the Police Officers also have a duty to make a preliminary enquiry so as to find out as to whether allegations made had any substance or not. House Trespass–Right of a co-sharer to enjoy the joint family property is a civil right–Criminal proceedings, cannot be taken recourse to for enforcing such a civil right.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3784 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Criminal Appeal No. 1432…
Land and Property Law–It may be true that absence of lawful entitlement by itself may not be sufficient to pass a judgment and decree in favour of the State and against the land grabber, but also it must be shown that he had taken illegal possession thereof. Only because a person has entered into possession of a land on the basis of a purported registered sale deed, the same by itself, would not be sufficient to come to the conclusion that he had not entered over the land unauthorisedly, unfairly, or greedily. Question of title—An abstract belief on the part of the vendee that its vendor had a marketable title and it was getting a good title to the land is not decisive.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3766 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Civil Appeal No. 4755 of…
Accomplice–An accomplice is a competent witness and the conviction is not illegal merely because it proceeds on an uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. Accomplice–The rule is that the necessity of corroboration is a matter of prudence except when it is safe to dispense with such corroboration must be clearly present in the mind of the Judge. Pardon to accomplice—The stage of examining the approver comes only after he has been granted pardon.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3758 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta Criminal Appeal No.…
Murder–Contention that with proper medical care the deceased could have survived and therefore Section 302 IPC has no application–Plea unsustainable.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3754 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam Criminal Appeal No. 1529…
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 25—Transfer of case—Defamation case—Respondent filed case at Mumbai
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3753 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan The Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.V. Raveendran The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.S.…
Murder–Acquittal–Non explanation of injuries on accused–There were large numbers of injuries on accused which were not superficial and some of them were even wounds–It cast a genuine doubt about the actual time, place, number of assailants and weapons for the injuries.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3746 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.K. Jain Criminal Appeal No. 54 of…
Declaratory Suit–Adverse Possession–Limitation–Suit decreed by Courts below–High Court reversed the suit on basis of question of limitation only–Matter remanded to decide both the questions.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3744 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam Civil Appeal No. 6616 of…
Rape–An undeserved indulgence or liberal attitude in not awarding adequate sentence in such cases would amount to allowing or even to encouraging ‘potential criminals’.
2007(5) Law Herald (SC) 3735 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice C.K. Thakker The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir Criminal Appeal No. 1658 of…
Rape–The only statement that can be made by the medical officer is that there is evidence of recent sexual activity–Whether the rape has occurred or not is a legal conclusion, not a medical one.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3729 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.P. Mathur The Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.S. Singhvi Criminal Appeal No. 32 of 2007…